Tag: Aceh

A Malaysian state controlled by a Muslim party Wednesday overhauled its Islamic laws to allow caning in public, prompting criticism ...

Clad in camouflage and armed only with their convictions, the paramilitary wing of Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation is on a ...

A shallow, 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit inland on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Monday, US seismologists said, causing people ...

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing at a Jakarta bus terminal that killed ...

Taiwan's giant step towards allowing same-sex marriage has reverberated across Asia, but activists warn the fight for equality isn't over ...

Two men have been caned 83 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex. The ...

Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a ...

Two Indonesian men will Tuesday be publicly caned for having sex, in a first for the Muslim-majority country where there ...

Indonesian police have arrested 141 men attending what they called a “gay sex party” at a sauna in the capital ...

Indonesian police have detained 141 men who were allegedly taking part in a gay sex party at a sauna, an ...

Indonesian police have detained 141 men who were allegedly holding a gay party at a sauna, an official said Monday, ...

A Sharia court in Indonesia’s Aceh province has sentenced two men to be caned in public for having gay sex. ...

In the depths of Indonesia's dense Leuser rain forest, a group of rangers are searching for traps set by poachers ...

Two gay men who were caught having sex by a vigilante mob will be caned 80 times for breaking Sharia ...

Prosecutors in Indonesia's Aceh Wednesday recommended 80 strokes of the cane for two men accused of having sex in contravention ...

A group of men arrested in Indonesia for holding a 'gay party' could face up to 15 years in prison, ...

Indonesia's Aceh looks set to cane two men who admitted having sex in contravention of Islamic laws, an official said ...

An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned Monday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife ...

Jakarta goes to the polls on Wednesday to elect a leader, but a blasphemy case against the Indonesian capital's Christian ...

Rescuers are continuing their search for survivors in Indonesia's Aceh province a day after a powerful quake struck the area ...